Olli Immonen (born 12 February 1986) is a member of the
Finnish Parliament
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for the
Finns Party
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The ...
and a former chairman of the nationalist organization
Suomen Sisu
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.
Immonen was born in
Nivala
Nivala is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of
() and covers an area of of
which
is water. The population density is
. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Ge ...
, and received national attention in July 2015 after writing a controversial anti-
multicultural
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text on his
Facebook
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page.
References
1986 births
Living people
People from Nivala
Finns Party politicians
Members of the Parliament of Finland (2011–15)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (2015–19)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (2019–23)
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